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'66 Dodge D-Dart at Mecum auction
With all the discussion of the '66 Dodge D-Dart lately, thought you might like to see one that went through the Mecum Indy auction recently. The bidding went to $40,000 but it did not reach the reserve price.
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They should have sold it for that kind of money. It looks "BOGUS" (non stock parts) just from the under the hood pictures. Its amazing what some people are trying to pass off at these auctions and get such crazy money for. Especially the BJ ones in Arizona and Fla.
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It is supposedly Galen Govier certified.If so then Govier is an asshole (I don't think so) or the guy is a lying SOB.Or maybe it's just Terry blowing smoke out of his *** again. I,ve been known to have my moments of negativity but terry you bring it to new heights. Flame away. Ed F.
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Before anyone asks my friend (car owner) was a David Wallace (we went to high school together). He was shot and killed during the time I was in the Army while he was on duty as a U.S. Park Police officer near Wash. D.C.. I dont remember what his family did with either car as I didnt get back until late 1967 and didnt get out of the Army and back home until 1969. By then I was into Z-28's and Corvettes.
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The air cleaner doesn't look correct. The way the fuel line is routed on the inner fender panel doesn't look right. Also, it looks like it has the small rear axle assembly by the looks of the small bolt pattern on the wheels. I had a 64 1/2 Barracuda, and 2 65 Formula S cars at one time or another and as I recall, you couldn't get a ring and pinion over a 3:23 in it because the case was so small 7 1/4 I think. Does anyone know the gear ratio the D cars came with?
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I never said it was not a "D" Dart. It is a very poor restoration with a lot of miss matched parts. Originality is what makes a restoration worth money along with history documentation. Yes the D darts had the 8.75 rear with 4.86 gears. That was a problem that the "Golden Cammandos" had when racing thier 273235 HP Barracuda with a 4-speed. NHRA would not allow the 8.75 rear they tried to run and the smaller rear broke a lot. They ended up running AHRA as that association body allowed the larger rear. They later ran Modified Production in NHRA to be able to use the larger rear. The car I drove (for 4 weekends) only ran high 13's because the engine was never taken apart $$$$$ and blueprinted. We drove to the track in those days. We couldnt afford a trailer AND a tow car. We were young, poor, and didnt know all that much about all of it back then. Guys like Tom Sneden of the Bounty Hunters were good people and never looked down on guys like us who wanted to learn.
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